Chapter 4 (2/2)

It had been at the control of the Ruuin kingdom for two hundred years, and until twenty years ago, it had been the center of commence of three countries. However, because the Ruuin kingdom and the Paroma kingdom started to war for territory, the trade became only between the third country, the common wealth of Biahma, and the Ruuin kingdom. Its demands were focused on weapons, mercenaries and battle slaves, which was what sold the most.

With the s.p.a.ce inside of the city not being enough, presently, flea markets would be opened outside the city and people would gather. Moreover, because the entrance of machiinis was still not allowed as a general rule, it became the place where armaments and raw materials for machiinis were managed.

“I see. Those are good quality materials.”

At the outside of the Colossus city, the merchant Kouza Benmark was letting voices of praise as he looked at the huge pelts.

“I just by carrying one of them is taxing, but yes, I´ve carried it all here. It would be a waste otherwise.”

Here was a residential district that was inside the flea market. It was the place a big company, the Benmark company, traded their goods. In there, together with many other machiinis, Bela´s beloved [Aiandinna] stood there. At its feet, the bigrobear pelts, bones, smoked meat and oil were side-by -side.

“I didn´t hold back. Those are guys I got to crack their heads, so I don´t mind if you buy them cheap.”

“You don´t mind, you say…. Well, I will have many uses for it though.”

And then, while wondering what the little girl that was standing in front of [Aiandinna] meant by those words, Kooza answered that.

It was the pelt of a large beast. The fur at its surface was worn out, but the skin was more resistant than the average steel, and if it wasn´t knight groups that would give priority to elegance, it would be a material that could be used in anything.

“However, this is twelve pieces in total.”

One of the main reasons why Kooza was surprised was because of the amount of pelts that were brought.

“Originally, I was planning on getting about one or two. But maybe because they got attracted by smell of blood, they gathered at me.”

Kooza showed a cramped smile because of those words. Normally, this would be a situation a small squad of machiinis would get annihilated.

Actually, if it wasn´t for the hagre greater beasts that would go down to the villagers, there weren´t many machiini pilots that would be proactive at hunting greater beasts. There were many cases of people that would enter inside the beast territory deep inside the mountains just like Bela and end up surrounded by several beasts. Once the situation became like that, even if the machiini was of a “platoon cla.s.s”, it was difficult to get out of the situation.

“I see. You´ve done quite the impossible. Specially with this young one.”

Looking at the three meter machiini standing behind Bela, Kooza grumbled that. Even though the machiini had been repaired by using the frana gathered from the bigrobears, there were still scars remaining through its whole body. But even so, because it was able to properly move without losing its center of gravity, it seemed that the machiini actually hadn´t received any fatal damage.

“It seems you have the skills befitting this result.”

While in awe of the little girl in front of his eyes, Kooza spoke.

“Thanks for the praise.”

Although Bela answered back with a smile to Kooza´s words, they actually hadn´t been words of praise.

Kooza thought it was a joke when he saw a little girl getting out from the machiini. He thought there was someone else piloting it, but n.o.body left the machiini other than the girl. And then, looking at the raw materials that were brought to be sold, he thought that wasn´t something she had done alone.

However, looking at the state of the machiini, Kooza, who had been dealing with machiini pilots for a long time, he was able to imagine the outline of what had happened, and this had matched what Bela had told him.

The cute blonde and fluffy haired brown-skinned girl that had the appearance of the rahsa race of the west, which in addition, could also be said to be cute, was just a little girl, but right now, Kooza was able to understand her insides didnt´correspond to that.

“The job done at the other things looks to be very precise.”

“I´ve been at a village down the mountain for a week. I´ve told them I would give them part of the meat, so they´ve happily done it.”

“This year had bad crops after all. This was something that had their life on the line, so they also did their job earnestly.”

Bela nodded at the merchant´s words, saying “I guess”. This also was the reason why Bela was sold to a slave merchant.

“”It was supposed for me to be sold in this place, right.””

Bela had memories of the name of the city of Colossus. Bela heard from the slave merchant that bought her that he was planning on having Bela bind by the slavery contract at this city.

“”For now, I guess I need to be prepared for what might happen.””

Bela nodded to herself, but Kooza, who was in front of her eyes, didn´t notice.

And then, with curious eyes, she looked around the surroundings. Because the flea market was outside the city, there were machiinis walking inside it, and they constantly would raise clouds of dust as they moved. At the Benmark company, there also were some machiinis. For the sake of appraising the pelts and other things Bela had brought, they came to take them.

“”Oya?””

Bela looked at a green machine that had about two meters and a half which was moving around.

“Is that an “element”?”

Kooza nodded at Bela´s words.

“Yes, it is the elven sylphy. Because they would be useful for cargo carrying, I had employed them. They work really well.”

The sylphy was one of the elven elements, which would be summoned with elven summoning magic. They were iron giants that would have a maximum height of about two to three meters and had certain special abilities, but because their base strength was inferior, the impression that they were second rated machiinis was strong. This was a power characteristic of their race. Because they could be summoned, there was no need to be troubled about the s.p.a.ce to store them or worrying about it being stolen. It seemed there were many people that would do routine tasks like that without going to war.

Because the demihuman races such as elves, dwarfs, drago and mamans, which were the ones that utilize the element, were rarely seen in this region, elements weren´t really seen around.

Becoming more interested in the sylphies, Bela enjoyed herself gossiping with Kooza. Bela, who was from the countryside, had many things she was very interested at among the things Kooza was talking about.

And then, after about two hours of waiting, the appraisal ended.

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